As the extent of the looting at the Egyptian Museum is revealed fears increase that historic sites across Egypt could be targeted.
As protesters clean up after the overthrow of President Mubarak, Lindsey Hilsum reveals how the general now in charge persuaded him to go.
Jon Snow
Cairo is alive and seething with masses of people. I’ve just walked from Tahrir Square around several kilometres of streets and every one of them is heaving with people. In the 18 day standoff I’ve never seen the square so full.
As Egypt enters the post-Mubarak era, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks back at the two weeks that brought his downfall.
After 18 days of mass protests across Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year rule, the embattled leader resigns from power and a military council is put in place to run the country’s affairs.
No one was more surprised than President Obama when his old friend Hosni Mubarak did not stand down as Egyptian President on Thursday night, writes US Correspondent Sarah Smith in Washington.
As protesters mass in Cairo again, Channel 4 News looks into the 24 hours that saw President Mubarak face down intense pressure for his immediate resignation.
A senior aide to President Mubarak tells Lindsey Hilsum in Cairo that “the revolution won” and the President no longer has power. But the protesters pouring onto the streets appear to disagree.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square react in dismay as President Hosni Mubarak announces he will transfer power, but insists on staying in office until September.
A senior aide to President Hosni Mubarak tells Channel 4 News the embattled leader will step down imminently amid widespread unrest which has swept Egypt.
In a police state, officials are able to treat people with contempt. In Tahrir Square, the young, well-educated English-speaking demonstrators talk a lot about freedom and human rights. Everyone talks about corruption. But the poor and the religious talk mostly of dignity, pride and justice.
US Vice-President Joe Biden calls for “prompt” action in Egypt as fears increase that the ongoing protests pose an escalating threat to the Middle East peace process.
The Egyptian government has released 34 political prisoners, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, as the country’s biggest pop star is shunned in Tahrir Square.
As Egyptians are moved by a tearful testimony of a Google executive arrested by state police, his online colleague tells Channel 4 News how the internet campaign began and why he fears for his safety.
Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives in Tunisia – where the unrest in the Middle East began – to encourage development in the country as protests inspired by events there continue in Egypt.